He's worked very well, except for his last one, when he went slow by himself. When he goes by himself, he's a little on the lazy side. |
I don't know that you can compare it to anything else a person in racing could have. I think whenever you have a horse like this you always want to win the next race, but I don't know that you can duplicate the first Saturday in May getting in the gate with 19 other horses and winning. There is no other race in that category. |
I don't put a lot of pressure on a race. It's the big picture that counts. |
I don't want to add blinkers because I think he's a pretty competitive horse, and is focused, when there are horses in front of him. The one thing I've noticed about him is that he does seem to be a free-running horse. I don't think you want to mess around and play games with him. You don't want to take him back, or send him. Just let him do his thing. |
I just hope we can build off his last race. He's gotten bigger, put on weight, and become a little more aggressive than he was as a three-year-old. |
I just tried to find different ways to get along with him. Racing usually helps horses and they sort of mature through their races, so probably each race helped him along the way. |
I need to take the edge off him over the next couple of days. |
I probably would want a horse that's a little versatile and one that's gotten a lot of dirt in their face. |
I thought she was back a little far last time. It looks like three lengths off the lead is perfect for her. |
I would have preferred a little bigger field, obviously, and a little more speed. We were in a position of having to be the presser. Other than that, I thought he ran very well. Brother Derek is exceptional. |
I'll go home very happy. If we wanted to run in the Santa Anita Handicap, we needed to run sometime. It was time to do it and a good time for the horse and everybody involved. This was a good day to come back. |
It makes sense to stay here. We have such good weather. |
It's a good mix of horses: speed horses, come-from-behind horses. It looks like it will be a nice race. I just hope [Giacomo] gets the trip he needs and that's about it. |
It's a lot of work that goes into getting a horse ready, and we're really anxious to see Giacomo run again. I think everybody is. I feel the best is yet to come from this horse. |
It's always best to have the least amount of pressure. I kind of like just going in there and that's it. |